In the latest legal twist, Gary McKinnon, the hacker accused of compromising computers at NASA and the Pentagon, may be out of options to fight extradition to the United States. A court in the United Kingdom today denied him permission to appeal to the British Supreme Court.

Computer hacker Gary McKinnon may finally be heading to the United Statesto stand trial on charges of breaking into U.S.military and NASA computers.McKinnon, who has fought extradition for seven years,
was denied permission today by a court in the UK to take his
battle against extradition to the British Supreme Court. In denying his
latest move, the High Court may have exhausted McKinnon's
legal options in the UK, but according to the Associated Press, his
lawyer said they may take the matter to the European Court of Human
Rights.

"The legal team [is] now considering our position and we will exhaust every avenue to prevent Gary's extradition," McKinnon's attorney, Karen Todner, reportedly said after the ruling.

McKinnon stands accused of hacking into computers at NASA as well as
the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Department of Defense during 2001
and 2002.
McKinnon's
attorneys have claimed in the past that their client has Asperger's
Syndrome, and that his condition should be taken into account. In 2006,
McKinnon described himself to Reuters as a computer nerd who became
obsessed with finding out whether aliens existed and began hacking
military computers in search of proof.If convicted, McKinnon could face several decades in prison.

"The IT community has been very supportive of the McKinnon campaign and today's news will shock many," said Mark Harris,
global director of SophosLabs, in a statement. "The consensus is that
it is perhaps inappropriate to make an example of a UFO conspiracy
theorist when serious crimes are still being carried out by financially
motivated hackers, stealing identities, sending spam and creating
botnets."